White, in turn, exploits Black's slight delay in playing ...e7-e6 to place the bishop on a somewhat surprising diagonal, making Black's development a bit more difficult.
2... g8f6  3. b2b3 Ding has never played this before. With this move he shows that he wants a position without much theory and without many risks for this game. 3... c8f5 Black has many development options: he can put the bishop on g4, play 3...e6 and then develop it with the fianchetto (b6-Bb7) or he can immediately develop the other bishop with 3...g6. The move played is also natural and good. 4. f1e2  4... h7h6 A prophylactic move, giving a square back to the bishop. After the immediate 4...e6 White can grab the bishop with 5.Nh4, which is already one of the very few benefits offered by his opening system.